rattle canned my VZ-2008

Great $400 rifle, but I hated the black park finish.

I replaced the receiver cover and bolt carrier with original gray-green Czech parts and spray painted the rest of the rifle to match the Czech paint. The carrier and cover I had are more green/gray than the blue/gray paint, but you see mismatched shades of paint on original rifles. It's a damn close match to the magazine's paint. It's Krylon "Tough Coat" acrylic enamel #329 Machinery Blue Gray.

Lay it on fairly thick like the Czechs did and let it cure for a few weeks before handling.

I need to do this. If you properly prep and degrease then cure like directed, it should be resistant to most solvents aside from acetone, xylene, etc considering these paints are usually manufactured with those solvents.

You snagged one when they were 399.99? you lucky SOB i kicked myself for not getting one at that price, same with when CETMEs were like 399 or 450, though trusting century with a roller delayed action is like asking a 12 year old to rebuild your engine

I would like to add that VHT spray paint, while I don't encouraging spray painting guns themselves, very VERY rarely i occasionally do it (ie I had a AB10 that i bought years ago I no longer have that the factory shellac-esque crap was smushing off and revealing rust, ended up naval jellying before hand then degreasing but i digress) but when I do I highly reccomend using VHT once you prepare surface correctly. It's almost like a low quality poor-mans cerakote, resists oil without getting damaged and adds protection. Takes FOREVER to dry though, sometimes days. If you use Wrinkle Plus VHT, it won't be even unless you occasionally use a hair dryer (dont care enough to) but the end result is nice. Almost like that polymer epoxy coating Sterling submachine guns had for export